Biostatistics : basic concepts and methodology for the health sciences / Wayne W. Daniel. — 9th ed. — Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2010. – (58.1057/D184/9th ed.)

Contents

    Contents
    
    1 GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH BIOSTATISTICS
    2 STRATEGIES FOR UNDERSTANDING THE MEANINGS OF DATA 19
    3 PROBABILITY: THE BASIS OF STATISTICAL INFERENCE 65
    4 PROBABILISTIC FEATURES OF CERTAIN DATA DISTRIBUTIONS 93
    5 PROBABILISTIC FEATURES OF THE DISTRIBUTIONS OF CERTAIN SAMPLE STATISTICS 135
    6 USING SAMPLE DATA TO MAKE ESTIMATES ABOUT POPULATION PARAMETERS
    7 USING SAMPLE STATISTICS TO TEST HYPOTHESES ABOUT POPULATION PARAMETERS 215
    8 STATISTICAL INFERENCE AND THE ANALYSIS OF DATA VARIABILITY 305
    9 STATISTICAL INFERENCE AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES
    10 STATISTICAL INFERENCE AND THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG THREE OR MORE VARIABLES 485
    11 ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIABLES 535
    12 ANALYSIS OF FREQUENCY DATA: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHISQUARE DISTRIBUTION 593
    13 SPECIAL TECHNIQUES FOR USE WHEN POPULATION PARAMETERS AND~OR POPULATION DISTRIBUTIONS ARE UNKNOWN 683
    14 EVALUATING THE HEALTH OF HUMAN GROUPS: VITAL STATISTICS 763
    APPENDIX: STATISTICAL TABLES
    ANSWERS TO ODD-NUMBERED EXERCISES